Week of May 23rd

Monday - Thursday


Poetry Book

Friday

Fun Day

Week of May 16th

Students will work on and complete a poetry book.

Week of May 9th

Monday

Metaphor and Simile

Tuesday

Alliteration, consonance and assonance

Wednesday

Hyperbole and Personification

Thursday

Imagery

Friday

Circle Share

How To Write Poetry

Week of May 2nd

Monday

The Ode

Tuesday

The Ballad

Wednesday

Nonsense Poetry

Thursday

Narrative Poem

Friday

Circle Share Ten Page Story

Week of April 25th

Monday

No School

Tuesday

Circle Share Ten Page Short Story

Wednesday

The Villanelle

Thursday

The Ode

Friday

Circle Share Ten Page Short Story

Week of April 18th

Monday

A non silly acrostic.

Tuesday

Write poems using these starters:
  • Last night I had a dream about a girl
  • Before today I didn't know your name
  • The leaves were dark against the glowing sky
  • My mother always lied about her age

Wednesday - Thursday

The Sestina

Friday

Circle Share Ten Page Story


Week of April 11th

Monday
"A Dream within a Dream"
Rhyme in Poetry

Tuesday
"If"
Write a poem about something you really care about

Wednesday
"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"
The Sonnet

Thursday
"The Passionate Shepherd to his Love" and "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd"
Parody

Friday
Ten page short story circle share

Week of April 4th

Monday
"How to Eat A Poem"
Lines and Stanzas
Poems about poetry

Tuesday
"The Road Not Taken"
Structure in Poetry
Poem with 4 stanzas with 4 lines in each stanza

Wednesday

"Fog"
Free Verse Poetry
A poem written in free verse

Thursday
"Tyger"
Rhythm in Poetry
A poem with a set rhythm

Friday
"A Dream within a Dream"
Rhyming in Poetry
A poetry with rhyme

Week of March 28th

Monday

No School

Tuesday - Friday

Workshop ten page story. Due April 4th.

Week of March 21st

Monday

Circle share five page story.

Tuesday - Wednesday

Workshop ten page story. Due April 4th.

Thursday - Friday

No School - Easter Break

Week of March 14th

Monday - Tuesday

Workshop Five Page Story - Begin Ten Page Story Workshop

Wednesday - Friday

Circle Share Five Page Story

Week of March 7th

Monday

Third Person - Limited story workshop - due tomorrow.

Tuesday - Wednesday

Students will write a 1 and 1/2 to 2 page short story using a song as inspiration - due Thursday.

Thursday - Friday

Students will write a 1 and 1/2 to 2 page short story using third person omniscient point of view - due Monday.

Week of February 29th

Monday - Tuesday

Fantasy and Realistic setting due on Monday.
Students will write a 1 and 1/2 to 2 page short story using third person omniscient point of view - due Wednesday.

Wednesday - Thursday

Third person omniscient point of view story due.
Students will write a 1 and 1/2 to 2 page short story using third person limited point of view - due Friday.

Friday

Third person limited point of view story due.
Students will write a 1 and 1/2 to 2 page short story using first person, main character point of view - due Tuesday.

Week of February 22nd

Monday - Tuesday

Continue circle share.

Wednesday

Final day to work on realistic setting story.

Thursday - Friday

Students will write a 1 1/2 to 2 page short story using a fantasy setting.


Week of February 15th

Monday

No School

Tuesday - Wednesday


Revise and finalize five page short story.

Thursday - Friday

Circle Share short stories
Week of February 8th

Monday

Historical Setting Due

Tuesday - Thursday

Peer review and edit - first five page story.

Friday

No School

Week of February 1st

Monday

Students will write a backstory for a character.

Tuesday - Wednesday

Students will write a one and a half to two page story about the character they created - due on Thursday.

Thursday - Friday

Students will write a one and a half page to two page story with an historical setting - due on Monday.

Week of January 25th

Monday


Man VS Nature short story due.
Students will write a one and half to two pages short story start using the conflict Man VS Himself.

Tuesday


Students will write a one and a half to two page short story start using the conflict Man VS Himself - due tomorrow.

Wednesday - Thursday

Students will write a one and half to two page short story start using the conflict Man VS Society - Due Friday.

Friday

Students will write a one and a half to two page short story start using a character with a back story that they invented before they started the story - due on Tuesday.

Week of January 18th

Monday

No School

Tuesday - Wednesday

Students will write a one and half to two page short story start using the conflict Man VS Man.

Thursday Friday

Students will write a one and half to two page short story start using the conflict Man VS Nature.